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Library Board

The Library Board is charged with reviewing the strategic plans of the Harvard Library and assessing its progress in meeting those plans, reviewing system-wide policies and standards and overseeing the progress of the central services. The Provost chairs the Library Board (established in December 2010) and the Office of the Provost is responsible for overseeing the Harvard Library. The Harvard Library Board is composed of seven permanent members, the Deputy Provost and Library Vice President in an ex officio capacity and rotating members who serve three years each, with their initial terms staggered. The permanent members are the Provost; the Executive Vice President; the deans or designees from the following Schools: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School. Serving in these positions are:

Margaret E. Newell, Deputy Provost; Office of the President and Provost (ex officio)

Julie Reuben, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education; Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty of Arts and Sciences; chair, Faculty Advisory Council

Sarah E. Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian; Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (ex officio)

Dennis Yao, Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration; Harvard Business School

Jonathan L. Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of Law; Vice Dean for Library and Information Services; Harvard Law School

The rotating members consist of three at-large, tenured faculty members representing the humanities, the sciences and the social sciences, as well as deans or designees from the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Radcliffe Institute. Serving in these positions are:

Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Sciences (2016, 2017, 2018); Representative from the Humanities ~ On Sabbatical AY2017

Faculty Advisory Council to the Harvard Library

The Faculty Advisory Council to the Harvard Library was established in 2011 and brings together faculty from across the University. The Council advises the Library Board and the two groups meet together twice a year. Members include:

Scott Podolsky, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine; Affiliate of the Department of the History of Science; Director of Center for the History of Medicine; Harvard Medical School (AYs 2017 -2019)

Harvard Overseers’ Committee to Visit the Harvard Library

Visiting Committee members are experts and Harvard alumni who are appointed by the Corporation. The Committee oversees the strategy and administration of the Harvard Library on behalf of the Overseers. Bi-annual visits provide an opportunity for Visiting Committee members to understand and advise on the Harvard Library’s progress. Members include:

Peter Baldwin; Professor of History; University of California at Los Angeles